Ridding Met Police of rogue officers will take up to three years – commissioner

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It will take up to three years to rid the Metropolitan Police of “hundreds” of rogue officers, the force’s commissioner has said. I think this is two or three years’ work where we get rid of those hundreds of officers who are letting everyone else down Sir Mark Rowley, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Responding to a member of the public who made reference to the two cases during a live phone-in on LBC, Sir Mark said trust and confidence has “absolutely” fallen and been “badly dented” in the Metropolitan Police. It’s a big uptick to clear out some mistakes from history, which is embarrassing and frustrating and undermines public trust Sir Mark Rowley, Metropolitan Police Commissioner He told LBC: “I think this is two or three years’ work where we get rid of those hundreds of officers who are letting everyone else down.” He continued: “When I took over the Met was only sacking five officers a month on average in the previous years. “So we’re talking about hundreds in a small number of years so it’s a big uptick to clear out some mistakes from history, which is embarrassing and frustrating and undermines public trust.” Asked if there is a cultural issue in the force, Sir Mark said: “I think there’s a lot in the systems, there’s some stuff in the culture that we have responsibility for in terms of leadership decisions, culture, not moving with the times.